Hymn of the Vaudois Mountaineers in Times of Perse.One Crown That No One Seeks by Emily Dickinson.The World is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth.It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. She Walks In Beauty by George Gordon, Lord Byron Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.The Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.The Destruction of Sennacherib by George Gordon Byron.Preface from Milton: a Poem by William Blake Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years.Hiawatha's Childhood (Selections) by Henry Wadswor.The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Light.Bonus points to anyone who can find me the lyrics to Afterglow's "Captain of my Soul" for comparison. If you give up some measure of control over your decisions (by choosing to follow the commandments of the Lord rather than your own whims), then your new Captain, Christ, will steer your ship on a course that will lead to eternal happiness far greater than a defiant soul, as happy as it may choose to be, can imagine. It seems to me that while this response misses the point of the original poem, that each individual gets to decide how to respond to the things he can't control in this life, it teaches a bigger truth. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. ![]() Whitney, of the Quorum of the Twelve of many years ago, so regarded it and wrote a marvelous response using the same poetic meter and entitling his verse “The Soul’s Captain.” Through these many years, when I have been faced with difficult choices I have repeated these stirring words.īut on the other hand, it may sound arrogant and conceited in terms of the Atonement. It places upon the individual the responsibility for what he does with his life. Here's what President Hinckley had to say about it in his 2000 Christmas Devotional: Shop I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul - William Ernest Henley - invictus poem invictus-poem t-shirts designed by Fafi as well as other. He can be happy or sad, defiant or conquered, without reference to anyone else. The poet is saying, you can send him to Heaven or Hell, it won't matter. Of course, a more accurate interpretation would be that it doesn't matter what circumstances life throws at us, we're the ones who get to decide how to react. No matter how bad death and the afterlife may be, it certainly can't be worse than living like this. In those times, thoughts like, "Life's lousy, and then you die" (expressed more elegantly in his third stanza) aren't scary at all. I've felt that way at times-like the world is pressing me down, and it's only my own will power that's keeping me going at all. It has a determined plodding rhythm, as if he's climbing a mountain one slow step at a time. Click below to see more original designs.As I was looking for poems quoted by President Faust, I found this one in a talk by President Hinckley. Haiku by Basho on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. Basho – On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume) $180.00. ![]() Purchase a 16×20 digital file 7.00 or an 8×10 cardstock print 14.00 by checking the print. Click below to see more original designs. I Am The Master of my Fate Captain of my Soul Wall Art. Haiku by Ryota on a traditional Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
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